{"id":2813,"date":"2024-05-29T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:08:23","slug":"ponce-art-museum-after-the-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/ponce-art-museum-after-the-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponce Art Museum: After the Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many have told us about the outstanding quality of the Ponce Art Museum (Museo de Arte), but two large earthquakes in January 2020 changed all that, when the main building was badly damaged and closed. They finally reopened a section of the museum this year, and we decided to check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ponce Art Museum: After the Earthquake\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHFky2lkdQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the earthquakes, the Museum displayed items at its gallery in San Juan, and took to the streets with workshops to shelters and schools. When COVID hit, it expanded its digital platform. Now it\u2019s gradually opening again while raising funds to repair the earthquake damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum still has very limited offerings, though we really enjoyed what we saw. It costs just $6 to get in, half price for seniors. Free guided tours are conducted at 10 AM (Spanish) and 1 PM (English).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07284-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07284-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07284-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07284-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07284-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" 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data-id=\"2815\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07268-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07268-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07268-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large nfd-wb-animate nfd-wb-reveal-right nfd-delay-150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"2814\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07270-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07270-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07270-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large nfd-wb-animate nfd-wb-reveal-right nfd-delay-150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2822\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07306-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07306-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07306-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC07306-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>Note: Ponce is pronounced POHN-say.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INFO<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/926331662198431615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Museum website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/926331662198431615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santurce Gallery<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/926331662198431615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Status of reconstruction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/926331662198431615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many have told us about the outstanding quality of the Ponce Art Museum (Museo de Arte), but two large earthquakes in January 2020 changed all that, when the main building was badly damaged and closed. They finally reopened a section of the museum this year, and we decided to check it out! After the earthquakes, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/ponce-art-museum-after-the-earthquake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ponce Art Museum: After the Earthquake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,408,268,211],"tags":[33,587,27,82,471,732,266,9,12,261,262],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-museums","category-puerto-rico","category-videos","tag-art","tag-earlyretirement","tag-messysuitcase","tag-museum","tag-ponce","tag-ponceartmuseum","tag-puertorico","tag-retirement","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2825,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/2825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}